Cerapachys negrosensis

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Cerapachys negrosensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Parasyscia rufithorax)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Parasyscia
Species: Cerapachys negrosensis
Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Parasyscia rufithorax.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • negrosensis. Cerapachys negrosensis Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 51, pl. 1, fig. 8 (w.) PHILIPPINES.
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 19.
    • Junior synonym of rufithorax: Brown, 1955e: 52.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 144, catalogue)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955e. The ant Cerapachys rufithorax and its synonyms. Psyche (Camb.) 62: 52 (page 52, junior synonym of rufithorax)
  • Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 19, checklist)
  • Wheeler, W. M.; Chapman, J. W. 1925. The ants of the Philippine Islands. Part I, Dorylinae and Ponerinae. Philipp. J. Sci. 28: 47-73 (page 51, pl. 1, fig. 8 worker described)